Curtain stretcher



Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANNE LINTO'N AND ELIZABETH LINTON, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN STRETCHER.

Application filed July 28, 1923. Serial No. 654,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANNE LlN'lON and ELIZABETH LIN'roN, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of. Philadelphia and $tate of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Stretchers, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined clothes rack and curtain stretcher, the gen eral object of the invention being to provide a foldable frame which is provided with adjustable bars thereon carrying pins for stretching curtains. This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein' like characters denote like or correspol'iding parts throughout the several views, and in which v Figure 1 is'a view showing the device in use.

Figure 2 folded.

The remaining Figures 3, if and 5 are detail views.

As shown in these views the device comprises a triangular shaped frame A which is composed of the three sections 1 which are hingedly connected together by the hinges 2 so that the frame can be folded Civ is a view showing the same when not in use. Each upright member of gage the holes 3 and the wing nuts 8. 4 The other bar is adjustably held in place by the bolts 9 which engage the slots 4 and the wing nuts 10. A pair of upright bars 11 are slidably connected with the end sec- .tions by means of the hooks 12 and the it will occupy the minimum amount of space. The adjustable bars which carry the pins permit the stretcher to be adjusted to suit any size of curtain.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of our invention will be readily apparent.

e desire it to be understood. that. we may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangen'ient of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

lVhat we claim is curtain stretcher comprising a frame,

a plurality of hingedly connected sections, pins carried by and located at the top of these sections the ends of the sections being provided with vertically arranged slots, pairs of co-acting pin-carrying bars ar-' ranged horizontally across said frame, bolts passing through the bars and slots and provided with hooks on one end thereof for holding the bars in clamped relation with the curtain and holding said bars in adj usted position.

In testimony whereof we affix our sig natures.

ANNE LINTON. ELIZABETH LIN ON. 

